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Whetten, David A. – Journal of Management Education, 2021
Ten years ago, after 20 years as a university professor, I was asked to direct the teaching and learning support center at my university. I quickly realized I had almost no knowledge of the published scholarship on this subject. From my reading of this literature, I found the research on the predictors of student learning particularly informative.…
Descriptors: Course Organization, Instructional Design, Learning Experience, Outcomes of Education
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Dörnyei, Zoltán – Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching, 2019
The theoretical emphasis within the L2 Motivational Self System has typically been on the two future self-guides representing possible (ideal and ought-to) selves, leaving the third main dimension of the construct, the L2 Learning Experience, somewhat undertheorized. Yet, this third component is not secondary in importance, as evidenced by…
Descriptors: Learning Experience, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Motivation
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Libertus, Melissa E. – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2015
Research has shown that educated children and adults have access to two ways of representing numerical information: an approximate number system (ANS) that is present from birth and allows for quick approximations of numbers of objects encountered in one's environment, and an exact number system (ENS) that is acquired through experience and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Skills, Intuition, Individual Differences, Predictor Variables
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Aldrich, Rosalie S. – Communication Teacher, 2015
Students need to have a basic understanding of research methods before obtaining a communication degree in order to become an intelligent consumer of research--someone who is able to read, understand, explain, and critically evaluate communication and other research reported in scholarly journals as well as in the popular press. These skills are…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Identification, Student Improvement, Educational Practices
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Smith, Kelli K. – New Directions for Student Services, 2012
Historical context informs the work of student affairs professionals and others in higher education in striking the right balance in helping prepare students for life after college, but significant new pressures face students, their mentors, and educational institutions today. This chapter discusses the contexts that shape the work of student…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Workers, Context Effect, Developmental Studies Programs, Transitional Programs
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Smith, Calvin; Bath, Debra – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2006
In this paper we describe a study of learning outcomes at a research-intensive Australian university. Three graduate outcome variables (discipline knowledge and skills, communication and problem solving, and ethical and social sensitivity) are analysed separately using OLS regression and comparisons are made of the patterns of unique contributions…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Learning Processes, Predictor Variables